I love my Henry. It sounds great and is very versatile. The eight speakers couple for great low end, and the 8" drivers are extremely fast and articulate. I play rock/blues/punk with one band, and jazz/blues/fusion with the other and it covers both bands very well.

I'm pretty crazy about my Senior, too. I've had fantastic results with it. Even though it's a little bigger, it's actually more portable than a 4x10, but of course the Henry would be the same. The Henry I tried didn't have the punch and bottom that the 6x10 had.

I like the Sr better also... but to be fair, I didn't try the Henry for very long. I was switching from an Ampeg SVT-II/8x10 rig and felt that the Sr had a little more of that "boom". Cleaner and more deliberate than the Ampeg but still had balls when I wanted it!

I was just at one of the local music stores, and they had 2 used Henrys, both sitting on top of a Son of Bertha. I think this might of been my old bass teachers rig, but I am not sure. That would be an awesome wall of sound-18 speakers in the size of 2 8x10s. I will have to go back to check on the price. What do you think something like these would go for? The older ones with the black grills, in fair-good condition? Thanks!

Anyways, I think I would go with the Senior, unless I had the 15 under the henry. Those 8s just dont have the bottom of 10s.

well..i've only played thru a henry, and it was thru a mobass and a fender precision deluxe 5 string so it's nowhere close to my rig, but i thought it had a bunch more bottom than my whole stack (goliath jr & triad) and that's even with the poopy sounding mobass instead of my IOD/DCM setup. my only concern for me is running 1k watts into the henry - i think i only need about 500 to be heard onstage with my band, but that could be pushing it. but phogchris - didn't you run a 750 into your henry?

Yes, i used to run a BASS 750 into a Henry, eventually, the cab died on me, maybe too many watts at too high a volume, I don't know. I am currently in love with the Big Bertha and plan on running two of those, but I can't run them off one 750, i am very frustrated at the moment!!!!

More then 500 watts will toast a Henry.
Been there, done that.
Replaced speakers, feel better now.
Lived and learned.
The Henry IS a keeper.
My favorite cab.
The eight's allow yourself to be heard on stage.
And throws great sounding, punchy bass to the back of the room.

How much power do you plan on putting into this cab? The Henry, Goliath Sr. and the Big Bertha use the same box and all weigh in the same range. The Henry handles 480w whereas the Goliath handles 1000w. According to SWR's specs the Henry actually will go lower than the Goliath (35HZ vs. 55 Hz.).

And the statement that 8's don't have the bottom that 10's have is just not true. I have had no complaints from my band about lacking low end after switching from my 10's to my 8x8. In fact they like the 8x8 more. They all said that the cab was louder, had more punch and sounded smoother than the 4x10's I was running.

The best thing for you to do (if you can) is A/B them both and decide what sounds better to you. I tried several different SWR cabs before buying and the Henry worked for me.

It sounds like several people misunderstood the point I was trying to make. When I said the Senior has more "boom"... I wasn't neccessarily refering to the frequencies between 35 and 55 Hz. It's more of a character to the voice of the cabinet. An SVT 8-10 cab "booms" but does not have a frequency response even as low as the Senior. The Henry does have ample bottom, and yes probably even more than the Sr. it's just a bit more refined than I care for.

I don't wanna say anything bad about Carvin, but I've never experience "boom" from one!